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Table 9.8 Selected economic and labour market indicators, 2006–2013<br />
Percentage change Forecast<br />
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013<br />
GDP, calendar-adjusted 4.5 3.5 -0.8 -4.9 6.0 4.0 1.1 1.7<br />
Hours worked, calendar-adjusted 1.9 3.4 0.7 -2.6 2.6 2.3 0.3 0.5<br />
Productivity growth 2.6 0.1 -1.5 -2.3 3.4 1.7 0.8 1.2<br />
CPIF, inflation, annual average 1.4 1.5 2.7 1.7 2.0 1.4 1.0 1.3<br />
Hourly wage 3.1 3.3 4.3 3.4 2.6 2.7 3.3 3.1<br />
Household real disposable income 3.6 5.5 2.3 2.2 1.2 3.0 2.3 2.4<br />
Private consumption 2.7 3.7 0.0 -0.3 3.7 2.0 1.8 2.4<br />
Source: Statistics Sweden, Employment Service; from Employment Service 2012b.<br />
Table 9.9 Key labour market figures, 2008–2013, 16-64 years (number of persons in<br />
thousands)<br />
Outcome Forecast<br />
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013<br />
Labour <strong>for</strong>ce 4,778 4,783 4,838 4,893 4,903 4,926<br />
Employed 4,484 4,381 4,429 4,522 4,527 4,542<br />
Unemployed 294 401 409 371 376 384<br />
Percentage of labour <strong>for</strong>ce unemployed 6.1 8.4 8.4 7.6 7.7 7.8<br />
Percentage of population in the labour <strong>for</strong>ce 80.7 80.2 80.8 81.5 81.5 81.7<br />
Employment rate 75.7 73.5 74 75.3 75.2 75.3<br />
In labour market programmes 87 127 185 178 190 200<br />
Percentage of labour <strong>for</strong>ce in labour market<br />
programmes<br />
1.8 2.7 3.8 3.6 3.9 4.1<br />
Source: Statistics Sweden, Employment Service from Employment Service 2012b.<br />
Table 9.10 Unemployment rate, 16-64, years by country of birth and sex. 2005, 2008,<br />
2010–2011, (%)<br />
Swedish born<br />
Foreign born<br />
Total<br />
Source: Statistics Sweden, Labour Force Survey.<br />
2005 2008 2010 2011<br />
men 6.9 5.0 7.3 6.0<br />
women 6.6 5.3 6.6 5.8<br />
total 6.8 5.1 7.0 5.9<br />
men 15.0 11.5 15.8 16.0<br />
women 13.6 12.7 16.6 15.9<br />
total 14.3 12.1 16.2 15.9<br />
men 7.9 5.9 8.6 7.7<br />
women 7.6 6.4 8.3 7.5<br />
total 7.8 6.1 8.4 7.6